Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving
Founded1898 (1898)
UniversityYale University
Head coachJim Henry
ConferenceIvy League
LocationNew Haven, CT
Home poolRobert J. H. Kiphuth Exhibition Pool
NicknameBulldogs, Elis
ColorsYale blue and white[1]
   
Men's NCAA Champions
4 (1942, 1944, 1951, 1953)
Women's NCAA Champions
0
Men's Conference Champions
30
Women's Conference Champions
6

Since its inception in 1898, the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving program has produced numerous champion athletes. Many Yale swimmers have gone on to earn All-American honors and even break world records. The team has won 4 NCAA championships, 30 EISL championships, and several AAU championships. Under legendary coach Robert J. H. Kiphuth, the Yale men swam to a record of 528 wins and 12 losses. As of February 2009, the men's program has a record of 1063 wins and 210 losses over 112 years. The first varsity women's team competed in 1975.

History

Yale Swimming "Flying Y" Logo

Coaches

  • Thomas O'Callahan (1906–1915) 47-14
  • Matthew Mann (1915–1917) 17-3
  • Robert J. H. Kiphuth (1917–1959) 528-12
  • Phil Moriarty (1959–1976) 195-25
  • Edward L. Bettendorf (1976–1977) 8-3
  • Paul Katz (1977–1978) 3-7
  • Frank P. Keefe (1978–2010) 241-127 (men)
  • Timothy Wise (2010–2017) (men)
  • Jim Henry (2013-present) 28 - 7 (women, combined 2017-present)

Captains and season records

Men

  1. 1898-1899 ? 1-2
  2. 1899-1900 ? 1-1
  3. 1900-1901 ? 1-0
  4. 1901-1902 ? 5-3
  5. 1902-1903 ? 2-3
  6. 1903-1904 ? 2-1
  7. 1904-1905 ? 4-1
  8. 1905-1906 ? 3-2
  9. 1906-1907 ? 2-3
  10. 1907-1908 ? 3-2
  11. 1908-1909 Edward C. M. Richards 4-2
  12. 1909-1910 Edward C. M. Richards 7-0
  13. 1910-1911 William Howe 5-0
  14. 1911-1912 John Cameron Stoddart 3-2
  15. 1912-1913 Andrew Wilson 8-2
  16. 1913-1914 Paul Roberts 7-1
  17. 1914-1915 Daniel Summers 8-2
  18. 1915-1916 Carl V. Schlaet 7-2
  19. 1916-1917 Louis A. Ferguson 10-1
  20. 1917-1918 Richard Mayer 8-1
  21. 1918-1919 John M. Hincks 7-0
  22. 1919-1920 John M. Hincks 10-0
  23. 1920-1921 Lorrin P. Thurston 14-0
  24. 1921-1922 C. Dudley Pratt 14-0
  25. 1922-1923 William L. Jelliffe 15-0
  26. 1923-1924 Robert B. Colgate 10-4
  27. 1924-1925 Robert J. Sullivan 14-0
  28. 1925-1926 James D. Bronson 14-0
  29. 1926-1927 Phil W. Bunnell 14-0
  30. 1927-1928 James A. House, Jr. 14-0
  31. 1928-1929 John A. Pope 12-0
  32. 1929-1930 John V. Howland 14-0
  33. 1930-1931 Robert L. Messimer 14-0
  34. 1931-1932 Lloyd B. Osborne 11-0
  35. 1932-1933 Albert T. Hapke 14-0
  36. 1933-1934 Joseph Barker 14-0
  37. 1934-1935 David Livingston 12-0
  38. 1935-1936 Norris D. Hoyt 14-0
  39. 1936-1937 Richard A. Cooke 14-1
  40. 1937-1938 John Macionis 10-3
  41. 1938-1939 John W. Good 15-1
  42. 1939-1940 Russ P. Duncan 15-1
  43. 1940-1941 Willis H. Sanburn III 13-0
  44. 1941-1942 Howard R. Johnson 12-0
  45. 1942-1943 L.D. Dannenbaum 13-0
  46. 1943-1944 Richard Lyon 10-0
  47. 1944-1945 Alan R. Ford 8-1
  48. 1945-1946 Philetus Stetler 8-0
  49. 1946-1947 Edward K. Heuber 13-0
  50. 1947-1948 Allan M. Stack 12-0
  51. 1948-1949 Richard B. Baribault 13-0
  52. 1949-1950 Albert J. Ratkiewicz 13-0
  53. 1950-1951 Raymond M. Reid 13-0
  54. 1951-1952 James J. Carroll 13-0
  55. 1952-1953 Wayne R. Moor 14-0
  56. 1953-1954 Kenneth S. Welch 13-0
  57. 1954-1955 Malcolm P. Aldrich, Jr. 14-0
  58. 1955-1956 John P. Phair 15-0
  59. 1956-1957 William T. Clinton 14-0
  60. 1957-1958 Peter R. Taft 13-0
  61. 1958-1959 P. Timothy Jecko 13-0
  62. 1959-1960 Peter Lusk 14-0
  63. 1960-1961 Thomas Bissell 12-1
  64. 1961-1962 William McMaster 12-1
  65. 1962-1963 John Finch 13-0
  66. 1963-1964 Michael M. Austin 13-0
  67. 1964-1965 Stephen E. Clark 13-0
  68. 1965-1966 George S. Hill 12-1
  69. 1966-1967 Douglas Kennedy 14-0
  70. 1967-1968 Donald A. Schollander 14-0
  71. 1968-1969 Robert S. Waples, Jr. 15-0
  72. 1969-1970 Edward L. Bettendorf 14-0
  73. 1970-1971 Michael W. Cadden 12-1
  74. 1971-1972 Robert Kasting 10-3
  75. 1972-1973 Nate Cartmell 10-1
  76. 1973-1974 Chuck Holum 6-5
  77. 1974-1975 Bryan Smith 4-6
  78. 1975-1976 Bob Blattner 7-6
  79. 1976-1977 Quentin Lawler 8-3
  80. 1977-1978 Bill Lindsay 3-7
  81. 1978-1979 Jim Healy 5-6
  82. 1979-1980 Mark DeVore 5-6
  83. 1980-1981 Kurt Langborg 5-6
  84. 1981-1982 Bob Murchison 7-5
  85. 1982-1983 Jon Sharp 6-6
  86. 1983-1984 Geoff Pitt 3-8
  87. 1984-1985 Jason Green 7-5
  88. 1985-1986 Todd Kaplan 3-7
  89. 1986-1987 Bert Hazlett 7-4
  90. 1987-1988 Jeff Kaplan 3-7
  91. 1988-1989 Eric Breissinger 5-7
  92. 1989-1990 Dave Jacobs 7-4
  93. 1990-1991 Greg Reihman 10-3
  94. 1991-1992 Greg Reihman 9-1
  95. 1992-1993 Mike Englesbe 13-1
  96. 1993-1994 Sean Tesoro 10-2
  97. 1994-1995 Mike Kostal 11-5
  98. 1995-1996 John Mendell 7-7
  99. 1996-1997 Brian Hall 9-3
  100. 1997-1998 David Antonelli 7-4
  101. 1998-1999 Steve Gold 10-1
  102. 1999-2000 Mike Caperonis 10-2
  103. 2000-2001 George Gleason 10-3
  104. 2001-2002 Pat Dennis 14-1
  105. 2002-2003 Greg Palumbo 11-2
  106. 2003-2004 Alex Nash 10-2
  107. 2004-2005 Dave Lange 7-5
  108. 2005-2006 Brendan Everman 8-4
  109. 2006-2007 Geof Zann 7-3
  110. 2007-2008 Colin Stalnecker 8-3
  111. 2008-2009 Alex Righi 7-4
  112. 2009-2010 Thomas Robinson 5-6
  113. 2010-2011 Kyle Veatch 2-8
  114. 2011-2012 Christopher Luu 6-2
  115. 2012-2013 Jared Lovett 8-2
  116. 2013-2014 Ed Becker 7-3
  117. 2014-2015 Andrew Heymann 8-2
  118. 2015-2016 Brian Hogan
  119. 2016-2017 Alex Goss
  120. 2017-2018 James Bell
  121. 2018-2019 Adrian Lin
  122. 2019-2020 Matthew Slabe
  123. 2020-2021 Patrick Frith
  124. 2021-2022 Nathan Stern
  125. 2022-2023 Joseph Page
  126. 2023-2024 Sungmin Kang

NCAA Championships

  • 1942
  • 1944
  • 1951
  • 1953

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Men's EISL Championships

Yale is in the Ivy League, but men's swimming traditionally competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League (EISL),[3] which pre-dates the Ivy League by 18 years. The EISL currently includes all the Ivy League schools.[4]

Women's Ivy Championships

  • 1978
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 2017

Olympians

Athletes

  • 1912, Stockholm
    • Arthur McAleenan, diving
  • 1936, Berlin
  • 1948, London
    • Alan Ford, 100 Free silver
    • James McLane, 400 Free silver, 1500 Free gold, 800 Free Relay Gold
    • John Marshall (Australia), 400 Free bronze, 1500 Free silver
    • Allen Stack, 100 Back gold
  • 1952, Helsinki
    • Rex Aubrey (Australia), 100 Free, 1500 Free, 800 Free Relay
    • James McLane, 800 Free Relay gold, 400 Free, 1500 Free
    • John Marshall (Australia), 400 Free, 800 Free Relay
    • Wayne Moore, 800 Free Relay gold, 400 Free
    • Donald Sheff, alternate 800 Free Relay
    • Allen Stack, 100 Back
  • 1956, Melbourne
    • Timothy Jecko, alternate 800 Free Relay
    • John Marshall (Australia), 200 Fly
  • 1960, Rome
  • 1964, Tokyo
  • 1968, Mexico City
  • 1972, Munich
    • Erik Fish (Canada), 400 Medley Relay bronze
    • Robert Kasting (Canada), 400 Medley Relay bronze
  • 1976, Montreal
    • Lionel Bourcelot (France), 100 Back
  • 1984, Los Angeles
    • George Gross (Canada), Water Polo
  • 2000, Sydney
    • Stephen Fahy (Bermuda), 100 Fly, 200 IM
    • George Gleason (U.S. Virgin Islands), 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM
    • Emily de Riel, Modern Pentathlon silver
  • 2004, Athens
    • George Gleason (U.S. Virgin Islands), 100 Free
  • 2004, Athens (Paralympics)
    • Deb Gruen, 100m Breaststroke ("bronze"), 100m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley, 400m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly
  • 2008, Beijing (Paralympics)
    • Deb Gruen, 400 Freestyle, 50 Fly, 100 Breast (American Record) bronze, 200 IM

Coaches

  • Robert J. H. Kiphuth: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1948
  • Philip Moriarty: 1960
  • Frank Keefe: 1984, 1988, 2000

[5]

Pan American Games Champions

Facilities

The Robert J. H. Kiphuth Exhibition Pool, Yale University

The Yale Swimming & Diving teams train and compete in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium on Yale's campus. The third-floor practice pool is a 5-lane, 50-meter course with two moveable bulkheads that allow the pool to be divided into two 25-yard courses. The Robert J. H. Kiphuth Exhibition Pool is the competition venue, and is a 6-lane 25-yard course with seating for 2,178.

References

  1. ↑ "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 17, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ History - Past Champions - NCAA.com
  3. ↑ Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League. CollegeSwimming.com. Retrieved 2010-03-03. See also: Swimming & Diving. IvyLeagueSports.com. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  4. ↑ Although Army and Navy are members of the Patriot League, they have participated in the EISL championships at times since 1962. See: Men's History: Yearly Team Scores (1962-2007). The Psyche Sheet. February 6, 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  5. ↑ Yale University Bulldogs, Official Athletic Site
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